{"id":249580,"date":"2026-07-01T22:31:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T22:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/01\/taylor-sheridan-explains-why-he-quit-sons-of-anarchy-after-2-seasons\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T22:31:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T22:31:43","slug":"taylor-sheridan-explains-why-he-quit-sons-of-anarchy-after-2-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/01\/taylor-sheridan-explains-why-he-quit-sons-of-anarchy-after-2-seasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Sheridan Explains Why He Quit &#8216;Sons of Anarchy&#8217; After 2 Seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2239459\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/taylor-sheridan\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Taylor Sheridan<\/strong><\/a> is explaining his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/sons-of-anarchy\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\"><em>Sons of Anarchy<\/em><\/strong><\/a> exit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The show, which centers around a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in fictional California town Charming, aired on FX from 2008 to 2014. <strong>Taylor<\/strong> appeared in the first two seasons before deciding he was leaving the series. His character was written off and killed in the first episode of Season 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve taken my beatings,\u201d the 56-year-old actor and producer began to explain of his time in Hollywood in a recent appearance on <em>The Howard Stern Show<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat\u2019s the worst beating you ever took? Who said something that really was just out of line?\u201d <strong>Howard <\/strong>asked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe worst beating, which is also the greatest gift that I ever got: Season 2 of <em>Sons of Anarchy<\/em> had ended and it\u2019s a very successful cable show. I\u2019m an actor on this show making scale, making like, you know, there\u2019s two dudes on the friggin DVD. One is <strong>Charlie Hunnam<\/strong>, who was the star, who\u2019s a great guy, and me. We\u2019re it,\u201d <strong>Taylor<\/strong> explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd I\u2019m literally would leave the set of that show and go to my other job \u2018cause I didn\u2019t make enough on that show to pay my rent and live, so after Season 2, I told him, I said, \u2018Guys, I\u2019m not coming back and doing this again for this price. I\u2019m just not doing it. I want what the other 14 people\u2026not even asking for what <strong>Charlie<\/strong> gets or <strong>Katey [Sagal]<\/strong>\u00a0or <strong>Ron Perlman<\/strong>. I just want what the other 11 guys are getting,\u2019 and they couldn\u2019t do it and what the other guys were getting, by the way, it\u2019s a 13-episode show. They\u2019re getting $20,000 an episode before taxes, before agents, before everything. We\u2019re not talking about an exorbitant amount of money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Howard<\/strong> noted: \u201cAnd you would think they hit the home run of all time. They\u2019re millionaires or something. That\u2019s hardly a millionaire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo, especially not in LA, and they offered me 15. They said, \u2018We\u2019ll give you 15 and we\u2019ll guarantee you 10 episodes. That\u2019s all you\u2019re getting.\u2019 And I do the math on it and I\u2019m and I said, \u2018That\u2019s not a raise. What is that?\u2019 And I said, \u2018No,&#8217;\u201d <strong>Taylor<\/strong> explained.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Taylor Sheridan Left \u201cSons of Anarchy\u201d\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jApL0A1hPR0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd my attorney responded to this business affairs guy. He said, \u2018Look, I\u2019ve got kids on f\u2013king cooking shows on YouTube that make more than that.\u2019 And he goes, \u2018Well, then the guy should go get a cooking show on YouTube. We just don\u2019t have to pay him because there\u2019s 50 of that dude. I can recast that guy tomorrow.\u2019 And so I realized my value is I\u2019m imminently replaceable and that my business did not respect me and I thought to myself, I\u2019m like, \u2018Man, I can\u2019t take this job and tell my son, \u2018Son, you can be anything you want to be, but I\u2019m going to miss your soccer game \u2018cause I\u2019ve got a Windex audition,&#8217;\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo, I quit the show. I told him, I said, look, whether you want to call it pride or ego or integrity, I don\u2019t know what you call it, but I just realized I\u2019ve maxed out what I can do as an actor in this industry, so I\u2019m not going to try to do it anymore and the people that have all the power are the people telling stories, so I\u2019m going to tell my own stories, and so, that\u2019s when I decided that I was going to write. I quit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy god, that takes f\u2013king balls. Bravo,\u201d <strong>Howard <\/strong>said. Watch above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Taylor <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/30\/taylor-sheridan-speaks-out-about-kevin-costners-yellowstone-exit-why-he-stayed-as-long-as-he-did\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">also made rare comments<\/a> about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/kevin-costner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kevin Costner<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s\u00a0<em><strong>Yellowstone<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0exit, which happened in the middle of season five, leading to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2024\/11\/11\/kevin-costner-reacts-to-his-yellowstone-characters-fate-after-his-shocking-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his character being killed off<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/howard-stern\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Howard Stern<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/sons-of-anarchy\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sons of Anarchy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/taylor-sheridan\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">taylor sheridan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/television\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Television<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/07\/01\/taylor-sheridan-explains-why-he-quit-sons-of-anarchy-after-2-seasons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Taylor Sheridan is explaining his Sons of Anarchy exit. The show, which centers around a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in fictional California town Charming, aired on FX from 2008 to 2014. Taylor appeared in the first two seasons before deciding he was leaving the series. 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